Valley-tile.



' H. JUENGLING.

VALLEY TILE.

APPucATloN FILED ocT. 21. 191s.

1,217,459, Patented Feb.27,1917.

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HERMAN JUENGLING, `OIE DTRIT, MICHIGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pateted Fb, A27', 191? Applicationfiled October 21, 1916. Serial No. 126,839.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that 1,HERMAN JUENGLING, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inValley-Tiles, of which the'following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to valley tiles, and the primary object of myinvention is to provide tiles of the above character that' are madeentirely of concrete or other cementitious material and possessconsiderable strength and rigidity with the same wearing qualificationsas the ordinary baked or burnt tilel 1 Another object of my invention isto pro-y vide valley tiles that may be easily and quickly laid toprovide a non-leakable trough in the valley of a roof, and provision ismade in connection with each tile to afford anchorage for overhanging oroverlapping roof tiles adapted to border on the valley tile. Provisionis also made in connection with` the valley tile to prevent the Y.

overflow of water at the longitudinal edges of the tiles, andl since theltiles are to be made of concrete or similar plastic material, it ispossible to use any coloring mattern connection with the composition toimpart a desired color or effect in connection with the valley tile.

The invention will be hereinafter specifically described and thenclaimed, andv reference will now be had to the drawing,

wherein- 1 Figure l is a plan of a valley tile in ac-L, cordance with myinvention; V

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional the same;

Fig. 3 is an end view of a vvalley tile;

Fig. 4 is a perspective vview of a portion of a roof'having valley tilesin accordance with my invention; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of overlapped valley tiles.

A valley tile is substantially V-shapedin` cross section andprovides'inclined walls 1.l

These walls, at one end of the tile, have the upper faces thereof cutaway, as at 2 to provide a seat for the end of an adjoining tile, andthe opposite end of the tile has the lower face thereof cut away as at3, so that said tile may overlap an adjoining tile, as best shown inFig. 2. The remaining porview of tions of the walls l are of uniformthickness, and the upper faces of lsaid wall are provided withlongitudinal grooves l disposed in parallelism with the outer edgesofthe wall and at points intermediate the outer edges of the walls andthe bottom of the tile. l These grooves serve a number of purposes.First, when'a gutter is laid, the alining grooves serve-'as demarcationsor guide lines for the even laying of roof tiles that overlap theinclined walls of the gutter. Second, should such roof tiles havedepending ribs at the lower edges thereof, said ribs can'engage inthegrooves and thus become correctly positioned and anchored to a certainextent. Third, water is liable to accumulate in the crack or in thedivision space at the overlapping ends of the tiles and these grooveshelp'carry off the water ving the longitudinal'edges of a valley andsupport roof tiles on the edges of the valley tile.

It is preferable to curve or form the ends of the walls l on an arc, asindicated at 6, as there is less chance of one tile becoming laterallydisplaced relative to the other and when said tiles are in overlappedregistration, there is a'greater bearing for one tile upon another, andthe weight of the uppermost tiles-will not tend to displace thelowermost tile.

The'valley tiles can be Ieasily and quickly molded from concrete and thebody portion of each-tile is of sufficient thickness to supporttherelative thin ends thereof adapted for overlapped registration with thevends of .adj oining tiles.

One embodiment of my invention has been illustrated, but it is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible to ysuchvariations. and modifications as fall within the scope'of the appendedblaim.

What I claim is n A valley tile V-shaped in cross section and having thewalls thereof provided4v with longitudinal grooves, intermediate thebottom center line of the tile and the side edges thereof, each wall ofsaid tile at the upper end thereof being cut away on the upper face toform a seat and provide relative thin end portion, the lower end of eachwall having the lower face thereof cut away to of thertle to the edge ofthe lower thin porn provide a relative thin portion adapted for tion ofthe tile. l0 overlapped registration with the relative In testimonywhereof I aiX my signature thin portion of an adjoining tile, said tilein the presence of' two witnesses.

5 having the end portions thereof described HERMAN JUENGLING.

on an arc to afford a large bearing for ad- Witnesses: joining tiles7`and the grooves of the tile ANNA M. Dorm, extending' from the seats atthe upper end CHAs. W. ,STAREFLINGER Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,Washington, D. C.

